song "Finnegan's Wake"
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The song "Finnegan's Wake" is a traditional Irish-American comic ballad about a hard-drinking laborer whose raucous wake leads to his unexpected revival, and it has significantly influenced Irish folk music and literature.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Finnegan's Wake | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish-American folk song
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comic ballad ⓘ traditional song ⓘ |
| anonymousAuthorship | true ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Irish folk music tradition
ⓘ
Irish-American vaudeville ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Irish songbooks ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culture | Irish-American ⓘ |
| form | ballad ⓘ |
| genre |
Irish folk
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Irish-American folk ⓘ comic ballad ⓘ |
| hasChorus | true ⓘ |
| humorType |
black comedy
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slapstick ⓘ |
| influenced |
Irish folk repertoire
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Irish popular culture ⓘ James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Irish street ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Finnegans Wake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tim Finnegan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | common ballad meter ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | wake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
Irish sessions
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folk concerts ⓘ pub singing ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A hard-drinking laborer apparently dies, but the chaos at his wake leads to his revival when whiskey is spilled on him. ⓘ |
| popularIn |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
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Irish diaspora communities ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | laborer ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | hard-drinking ⓘ |
| refrain | Whack fol the dah ⓘ |
| setting |
Irish immigrant community
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urban working-class neighborhood ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
accidental resurrection
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drinking ⓘ wake ⓘ |
| theme |
Irish humor
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alcohol ⓘ death and resurrection ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| titleInspired | Finnegans Wake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone | comic ⓘ |
| traditional | true ⓘ |
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